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Mercedes

Gender
Girl
Say it
mer-SAY-deez
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#1,961 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,436 for girls

Mercedes is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “mercies”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,436th for girls in the US (150 babies).

What does Mercedes mean?

Spanish

“mercies”

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Mercies; the car brand was named after Mercedes Jellinek.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Mercedes a girl's or a boy's name?

Mercedes is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 150 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mercedes in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,961st among girls
Babies in 2025
15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Mercedes, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 115 girls.

Half of all the girls named Mercedes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 115 in 20082025
Mercedes in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#1,961
202413#2,175
202318#1,728
202213#2,157
202111#2,478
202028#1,246
201919#1,651
201825#1,375
201736#1,062
201630#1,209
201536#1,062
201450#837
201346#882
201266#683
201187#528
201084#535
200987#509
2008115#416
2007110#411
200650#695
200544#746
200442#731
200350#632
200243#676
200150#604
200056#555
199952#588
199864#507
199750#588
199641#644

How popular is Mercedes in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,436th among girls
Babies in 2025
150 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 150 girls in the US were named Mercedes, making it the 1,436th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. Its busiest year was 1991, with 1,798 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mercedes than any year since 1949.

Half of all the girls named Mercedes in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 159 girls in the US were given Mercedes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,239, up from #1,436 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,798 in 19912025
Mercedes in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025150#1,436
2024152#1,446
2023158#1,415
2022194#1,239
2021195#1,215
2020176#1,271
2019196#1,196
2018237#1,071
2017246#1,046
2016255#1,037
2015244#1,078
2014271#984
2013301#857
2012398#706
2011366#752
2010436#665
2009457#645
2008583#524
2007664#489
2006730#437
2005817#382
2004952#337
2003949#331
20021,069#292
20011,099#283
20001,134#285
19991,207#262
19981,376#225
19971,244#241
19961,390#210
19951,543#191
19941,571#189
19931,779#171
19921,729#178
19911,798#164
19901,654#176
19891,220#224
1988609#395
1987427#501
1986384#531
1985359#551
1984294#607
1983311#576
1982304#595
1981254#685
1980248#693
1979223#735
1978220#717
1977209#738
1976203#721
1975211#702
1974169#798
1973168#787
1972189#738
1971191#766
1970202#731
1969167#796
1968157#804
1967164#767
1966158#783
1965169#761
1964173#786
1963184#758
1962180#776
1961180#781
1960167#796
1959176#768
1958184#727
1957168#770
1956187#698
1955159#749
1954183#691
1953159#718
1952158#707
1951188#634
1950179#639
1949148#691
1948136#724
1947146#700
1946149#646
1945156#585
1944124#663
1943134#654
1942120#679
1941120#647
1940135#598
1939170#512
1938177#503
1937197#466
1936163#511
1935175#477
1934168#496
1933176#480
1932186#485
1931212#443
1930234#439
1929266#406
1928252#426
1927291#402
1926273#411
1925295#397
1924319#380
1923276#403
1922239#430
1921299#387
1920318#369
1919225#438
1918236#431
1917253#397
1916227#411
1915232#394
1914167#409
1913131#432
1912122#425
191192#424
191082#440
190973#431
190864#453
190768#432
190652#472
190560#433
190462#407
190333#565
190244#467
190125#630
190049#481
189935#498
189833#555
189717#761
189626#610
189527#578
189425#586
189314#794
189217#706
189118#624
189014#727
188913#724
18889#894
188710#733
188610#731
18856#921
18847#851
18836#817
18827#740
18810–
18806#738

Nicknames for Mercedes

Names like Mercedes

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria, Victoria, Lola, Lucia, Mariam, Sophia, Montana, Julia, Emily, Jessica, Molly, Coco

Other spellings of Mercedes

Mercedez

Names related to Mercedes

Mercades, Mercadez, Mercadies

More Spanish names

Santiago, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra

Every Spanish name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mercedes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mercedes, updated 20 October 2026.